How to manage hazardous waste

Question 1

What is hazardous waste

Answer 1

Pharmaceutical waste is classified under both P and U lists, and whether the waste in question has a specific hazardous characteristic – for example: whether it has the capacity to burn or ignite.

Question 2

What is non hazardous waste

Answer 2

Medications that may be disposed by pouring down the drain. They are non-toxic and so pose no additional risks to people and the environment.

Question 3

What are examples of hazardous waste

Answer 3

P, U, K, F

Question 4

What are examples of non hazardous waste

Answer 4

Iv Solutions
Ringers Lactate solution ( hartmanns solution )
Saline
Dextrose

Question 5

How to safety dispose of hazardous waste

Answer 5

through the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Question 6

How to dispose of non hazardous waste

Answer 6

trash, or pouring down the drain

Question 7

EPA has four classifications of waste?

Answer 7

P, U, K, F

Question 8

P List of Pharmaceutical waste

Answer 8

Warfarin
Nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges
Physostigmine
Arsenic trioxide
Nitroglycerin
Epinephrine

Question 9

U List of Pharmaceutical waste

Answer 9

Lindane
Selenium sulfide
Chloral hydrate
Mitomycin C
Formaldehyde
Benzene

Question 10

what four characteristic waste categories in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Answer 10

Ignitability
Toxicity
Corrosivity
Reactivity